Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 362 · Decided 18 April 2018
Sureshchandra Bagmal Doshi & ANR. v. The New India Assurance Company Limited & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 362 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 870
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5206/2016
- Decided
- 18 April 2018
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Motor accident - Award of compensation - Future income rise - Computation of - Death of victim-25 year old widow, in a motor accident - Victim was a qualified engineer, drawing monthly salary of Rs. by parents - Tribunal awarded Rs. 15,71,000/- as compensation wherein added 100 per cent towards future rise in income, deducted 1/3rd towards personal expenses and applied multiplier of 16 - In appeal, the High Court took future rise in income as 50 per cent, deducted 50 per
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